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The Little Mermaid was good, but Beauty and the Beast really announced that Disney was back in a big way -- its CG animation was breathtaking for 1991 (best represented in that gorgeous ballroom scene) and the soaring score and terrific characterization earned the film an Oscar nomination for Best…

Color by Eastmancolor. Shot in CinemaScope. "Electronic tonalities" by Louis and Bebe Barron. Joshua Meador, who worked on the special effects team, was loaned to MGM by Walt Disney Productions. The story is loosely based on Shakespeare's classic play "The Tempest." Rated BBFC U by the British…

Edward G. Robinson was originally slated to play the role of Zaius, but had to pull out at the last minute due to health problems. An Apjac Production. Color by DeLuxe. Shot in Panavision. Exteriors filmed in Utah and Arizona National Park. Film debut for actress Linda Harrison. Additional cast:…

This 1950s classic set the example for generations of sci-fi adventures to come, including the original Star Trek series and the campy Lost in Space series. Ostensibly a sci-fi adaptation of Shakespeare's the Tempest, Forbidden Planet takes place on Altair-4, where a powerful, almost sorcerer-like…

An exciting expedition to the Arctic in search of a missing boy, with an American archaeologist, a wealthy British businessman, an eccentric French inventor and their Eskimo trapper. What they find is an ancient, forgotten world from the 10th Century.

Edward G. Robinson was originally slated to play the role of Zaius, but had to pull out at the last minute due to health problems. An Apjac Production. Color by DeLuxe. Shot in Panavision. Exteriors filmed in Utah and Arizona National Park. Film debut for actress Linda Harrison. Additional cast:…

In the future, the Earth is ruled by a race of highly-evolved simians who supplanted humans after a nuclear holocaust. But when the ape-led Earth is threatened with total annihilation, a trio of scientists journey backwards through time in order to prevent the catastrophe. Once in the human-led…

The second installment in the Planet of Apes series . Here, an earthling sent to find the astronauts of the original film discovers not only a world of intelligent, talking apes, but an underground cult of grotesque "humans" who are the survivors of a nuclear blast years ago. Unfortunately, these…

All that time, there really were monsters in your closet -- the hardworking employees of Monsters, Inc., the corporation that supplies power to Monstropolis (the city where it's all monsters, all the time) by harnessing the power of children's screams. It's nothing personal -- "They Scare Because…